When Urdu journalism is celebrating 200 years of its existence, it seems to be perhaps the best opportunity to clear some myths and misconceptions about Urdu. Urdu was born and flourished in India.

That the two founding figures of Indian and Pakistani independence were united by a shared love of Urdu speaks eloquently of the language’s rich history. From left, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru, Vice ...

Speakers at an awareness programme on Urdu language conducted on Thursday laid emphasis on promoting Urdu as the second language at the academic level to ensure a fruitful career in the long run. The ...

The Hindi/Urdu program in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations offers Hindi/Urdu language courses, as well as courses taught in English about South Asian culture and literature. The ...

Extract from a Hindustani textbook used at INALCO, Paris in 1833. Credit: Langues’O 1795-1995 Subscribe for ads-free reading Sitting in my university office in Paris, I was recently visited by a young ...

The BJP's push to remove Urdu from Kashmir's recruitment rules threatens a language central to the region's governance, ...